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> [Half the world is full of women, but it's rare to hear a narrative that doesn't speak of women as the people who have things done to them instead of the people who do things. More often, women are talked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/half-the-world-is-full-of-women-but-it-s-rare-to-hear-a-narrative/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

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> [“I had no idea what to say to this. I had been nurtured in the U.S. school system on a steady diet of the Great Men theory of history. History was full of Great Men. I had to take separate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/i-had-no-idea-what-to-say-to-this-i-had-been-nurtured-in-the-u-s/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

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## More by Kameron Hurley

> [I'm terribly particular about what I read: lush writing, secondary world or seriously far-out science fiction, strong worldbuilding, dynamic characters. I need to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/i-m-terribly-particular-about-what-i-read-lush-writing-secondary/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [“Living is the purpose, Roh. For however long we have to do it, we live. That's all. That's all the ever was." "We aren't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/living-is-the-purpose-roh-for-however-long-we-have-to-do-it-we-live/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [“Nyx was a lot of things, but forgettable wasn't one of them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/nyx-was-a-lot-of-things-but-forgettable-wasn-t-one-of-them/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> ['The Stars are Legion' is part space opera, part thriller, about two warring families battling it out for control over a legion of organic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/the-stars-are-legion-is-part-space-opera-part-thriller-about-two/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [“Nyx was not a nice woman. She knew she didn’t deal with nice women. But she also knew the worst sorts of things these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/nyx-was-not-a-nice-woman-she-knew-she-didn-t-deal-with-nice-women-but/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [“We all create the stories we need to survive”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/we-all-create-the-stories-we-need-to-survive/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [“independence is one of the greatest delusions of youth”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/independence-is-one-of-the-greatest-delusions-of-youth/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [I understand that space travel and expansion is just as much about altering ourselves, our attitudes, our social structures, our very biology, as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/i-understand-that-space-travel-and-expansion-is-just-as-much-about/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [I want to be constantly in awe of the possibilities of the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/i-want-to-be-constantly-in-awe-of-the-possibilities-of-the-universe/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [When I was a kid, I watched a lot of 'Twilight Zone.' My mother was obsessed with the show, as it was a staple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/when-i-was-a-kid-i-watched-a-lot-of-twilight-zone-my-mother-was/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [Short fiction isn't my natural form. It's taken a lot of work over the years to finally feel more comfortable writing stories under 80,000 words!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/short-fiction-isn-t-my-natural-form-it-s-taken-a-lot-of-work-over-the/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [Know that you're gonna screw up, and be OK with it, and do better next time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/know-that-you-re-gonna-screw-up-and-be-ok-with-it-and-do-better-next/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [I don't like to write about things that bore me, and that means I steer far clear of writing books that are just like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/i-don-t-like-to-write-about-things-that-bore-me-and-that-means-i/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [“Rumour has it you've turned castration into an occupation." "You go cutting one guy's cock off and you never hear the end of it,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/rumour-has-it-you-ve-turned-castration-into-an-occupation-you-go/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

> [“Perhaps every society is a utopia when you fail to peel up all the layers and look at what's underneath”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kameron-hurley/perhaps-every-society-is-a-utopia-when-you-fail-to-peel-up-all-the/)

[Kameron Hurley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kameron-hurley/)

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